The newspapers filed their initial FOIL request in February, seeking copies of timesheets filed by county public defenders between Jan. 1, 2023 and Feb. 10, 2025.

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) - Earlier today, local leaders from San Benito and Monterey County discussed ways to reduce homelessness. A plan called Lead Me Home plans to reduce homelessness in Monterey and ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today at 3:11 p.m. in Monterey County. Jolon Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the ...

A Cumberland County woman charged with murder in the ... appeared in court briefly April 17 and was appointed a public defender. Shana Cloud, 50, is charged with first-degree murder and ...

But few have followed Tennessee’s lead to focus on revoking public education from children, and none have made it out of committee. The Republican-controlled Tennessee Senate has approved a ...

Victims, and people accused of crimes, are waiting and waiting. That's because in many cases, one person needs a public defender, and those are getting harder to come by. Investigative reporter ...

Unable to afford an attorney and facing a dwindling roster of Yakima County public defenders, Root waited three months for a public defender to represent him for the felony charge. His partner ...

Last summer, Robert Dale Root was charged with violating a no-contact order to stay away from his partner. Unable to afford an attorney and facing a dwindling roster of Yakima County public ...

In November, a change to the Iowa Code ensured public defenders could no longer accept misdemeanor cases. Ryan Beckenbaugh (Bryan Bobb, OurQuadCities.com) The office of the state public defender ...

A defendant with no available public defender to represent them waits for their court hearing to begin at the Yakima County Jail on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Yakima, Wash. Last summer ...